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Farms Website Expands To Serve You Better Aug 2023

Farms Website Expands To Serve You Better

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

For the past two years, volunteers and FARMS staff have been establishing a strong presence for the Foundation on the World Wide Web. With over 350 pages (and growing), the FARMS website (www.farmsresearch.com) features some of the best FARMS publications. It keeps current with the latest catalog and Insights, and it includes excerpts from the latest FARMS Review of Books and Journal of Book of Mormon Studies. Visitors to the site can take advantage of special discounts on popular FARMS products. There is even an online order form that you can print out and mail or fax, plus …

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Brown Bags Continue To Inform Aug 2023

Brown Bags Continue To Inform

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

The FARMS Brown Bag Lectures are an ongoing series intended to update BYU faculty, staff, and students and interested members of the community on the progress of Book of Mormon research.

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Papers In Honor Of John L. Sorenson To Be Presented At March Farms Conference Aug 2023

Papers In Honor Of John L. Sorenson To Be Presented At March Farms Conference

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

On 21 March 1998, a conference will be held at Brigham Young University featuring several papers that will be included in a forthcoming Festschrift in honor of BYU's emeritus professor John L. Sorenson. The event, "Mormons, Scripture, and the Ancient World," is cosponsored by FARMS and BYU's Department of Anthropology. It will begin at 8:30 a.m. in room 151 of the Tanner Building on the BYU campus. It is free and open to the public.

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What The Original Book Of Mormon Manuscript Is Not, John W. Welch Aug 2023

What The Original Book Of Mormon Manuscript Is Not, John W. Welch

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

For well over a decade, FARMS has sponsored extensive research on the original manuscript of the Book of Mormon. About 25 percent of the pages that were written by Oliver Cowdery and other scribes as Joseph Smith dictated the Book of Mormon in 1829 have survived down to the present day. While much has been written and said about what the original manuscript is, perhaps just as significant is a collection of facts about what it is not.

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Journal Contains Recent Book Of Mormon Research Aug 2023

Journal Contains Recent Book Of Mormon Research

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

The most recent issue of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, now on sale, features articles about Nibley' s writings on the Book of Mormon, the possibility that Lehi's family were bond servants during their sojourn in the wilderness, eternal life and spiritual death in the Book of Mormon, chiasmus, and Nephi's psalm.

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New Farms Release-Isaiah In The Book Of Mormon Aug 2023

New Farms Release-Isaiah In The Book Of Mormon

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

The richness and depth of Isaiah's teachings are often seen as barriers to understanding his words. Scholars devote their entire careers to the study of Isaiah's writings and never run low on questions to answer, interpretations to ponder, or teachings to explore and expound on. It is widely felt that the Isaiah passages quoted by Nephi, Jacob, Abinadi, and the resurrected Lord are the most difficult sections of the Book of Mormon to understand. Isaiah was commanded by the Lord to speak in such a way that his rebellious audience would "hear...but understand not" and would "see...but perceive not …

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Captain George Cannon: One Man's Role In The Conquest Of Sugar In The Transatlantic Slave Trade, Leah Brown Aug 2023

Captain George Cannon: One Man's Role In The Conquest Of Sugar In The Transatlantic Slave Trade, Leah Brown

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Numerous scholars have examined the transatlantic slave trade in an attempt to understand the brutal system. However, there has been little research on the “Middle Passage,” the part of the trade system when the enslaved would be boarded onto slaving vessels and forced to endure months of abuse till they landed in the Americas. This paper examines the logbook of Captain George Cannon of the slave ship Iris to understand the life of one of the slaving captains and how a seemingly regular British citizen could become such a key member of the system. It came down to political, economic, …

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Full Issue Aug 2023

Full Issue

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

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Review Extends Los-Evangelical Dialogue Aug 2023

Review Extends Los-Evangelical Dialogue

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

The current issue of the FARMS Review of Books (volume 11, number 2) features reviews of the groundbreaking book How Wide the Divide? A Mormon and an Evangelical in Conversation, by Craig L. Blomberg and Stephen E. Robinson. Review editor Daniel C. Peterson writes, "The appearance of [this book] seems to us, as well as to others, to offer a very significant opportunity to begin a new chapter in the often troubled relationship between Latter-day Saints and their conservative Protestant brothers and sisters-perhaps even ultimately with other Christians beyond the evangelical wing of modern Western Protestantism. We want to …

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Farms Through The Years, Part 2: A Conversation With Stephen D. Ricks And Noel B. Reynolds Aug 2023

Farms Through The Years, Part 2: A Conversation With Stephen D. Ricks And Noel B. Reynolds

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

The following article continues a three-part series on the history of FARMS, each installment featuring comments from two people who figure prominently in the history and ongoing work of FARMS. This segment presents comments from separate interviews conducted by Don Brugger, managing editor of INSIGHTS, with Stephen D. Ricks and Noel B. Reynolds, who were administrative officers during the organization's middle years. Ricks, currently a professor of Hebrew and Semitic languages at BYU and a member of the FARMS Board of Trustees, succeeded John W. Welch to serve as the second president of FARMS,from 1988 through 1991. He then …

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Further Evidence For Book Of Mormon Names, John A. Tvedtnes, Matthew Roper Aug 2023

Further Evidence For Book Of Mormon Names, John A. Tvedtnes, Matthew Roper

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

In recent years, ancient sites in and around Israel have yielded numerous ancient writings, many of which contain proper names. Although many of the names are known from the Bible and other ancient texts, others were unattested in ancient sources until recently. Included in the latter group are several Semitic names that appear in the Book of Mormon. Three of them are discussed here.

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Hundreds Join Farms 'Birthday Celebration Aug 2023

Hundreds Join Farms 'Birthday Celebration

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

FARMS wishes to thank all of its friends who attended this year's banquet celebrating the Foundation's 20th anniversary. The more than 450 people who attended seemed to enjoy greeting old friends and making new ones. They also were delighted by the evening's festivities, highlighted by a wonderful performance by the International Children's Choir and a moving address by Truman G. Madsen.

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Conference On The Apostle Paul Convened Aug 2023

Conference On The Apostle Paul Convened

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

On 6 November FARMS sponsored a conference at BYU on the New Testament letters of the apostle Paul. Titled "We Follow the Admonition of Paul," the half-day event featured presentations by the authors of two recent books on Paul's writings and responses from a panel of BYU professors.

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Full Issue Aug 2023

Full Issue

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

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New Book Probes Ancient Near Eastern Backgrounds Of Book Of Mormon Aug 2023

New Book Probes Ancient Near Eastern Backgrounds Of Book Of Mormon

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

The Most Correct Book: Insights from a Book of Mormon Scholar, a new book by John A. Tvedtnes, associate director of research at FARMS, provides more than 45 insights into the text and teachings of the Book of Mormon. Published by Cornerstone, the book deals with linguistic, historical, cultural, and theological matters that underscore the accuracy and internal consistency of the Book of Mormon.

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Conference Focuses On Book Of Abraham Aug 2023

Conference Focuses On Book Of Abraham

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

A FARMS-sponsored conference held at BYU on Saturday, 16 October, highlighted recent research on the Book of Abraham. Titled "The Book of Abraham: Astronomy, Papyrus, and Covenant," the half-day event represented a broad, interdisciplinary approach to deepening understanding of the content and backgrounds of the Book of Abraham.

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2 Insights, November 1999 Farms Through The Years, Part 1: A Conversation With John Welch And John Sorenson Aug 2023

2 Insights, November 1999 Farms Through The Years, Part 1: A Conversation With John Welch And John Sorenson

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

FARMS's 20th anniversary this month gives reason to reflect on the Foundation's past progress and future promise. The following article begins a three-part series, each installment featuring comments from two people who figure prominently in the history and ongoing work of FARMS. John W. (Jack) Welch and John L. Sorenson were involved with FARMS since its inception, Stephen D. Ricks and Noel B. Reynolds were administrative officers during the organization's middle years, and Daniel C. Peterson and Daniel Oswald are current administrative officers at FARMS. This first segment presents responses from separate interviews conducted by Don Brugger, managing editor of …

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Book On Romans 1 Launches New Series Aug 2023

Book On Romans 1 Launches New Series

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Romans 1: Notes and Reflections, by James E. Faulconer, is the inaugural volume in FARMS's new Ancient Texts and Mormon Studies series. The · aim of this series is to explain the historical origins and purposes of ancient religious texts and to show their main points of value to modern religious readers. Like forthcoming volumes in the series, Romans 1 includes the ancient text, a readable English translation, and general commentary.

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Elder Pinnock, Professor Nibley To Speak On Temples Aug 2023

Elder Pinnock, Professor Nibley To Speak On Temples

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

On 4 December FARMS will sponsor a conference at BYU titled "Temples through the Ages." The three-hour event will comprise four presentations, including a keynote address by Elder Hugh W. Pinnock and a concluding lecture by Hugh W. Nibley.

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Full Issue Aug 2023

Full Issue

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

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Grammar And The Book Of Mormon Aug 2023

Grammar And The Book Of Mormon

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

In a discourse delivered at the Old Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on 15 November 1863, President George A. Smith addressed a criticism that is repeated today by detractors of the Prophet Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon.

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Three Trees In The Book Of Mormon, John W. Welch Aug 2023

Three Trees In The Book Of Mormon, John W. Welch

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

The tree is a primary symbol in three Book of Mormon texts: Zenos' s allegory of the olive tree (Jacob 5), Lehi's dream of the tree of life (1 Nephi 8), and Alma's discourse on the seed of faith (Alma 32). Interestingly, these three symbolic uses of the tree reflect a shifting emphasis from one era to the next.

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Jacob 5, Romans 11: A Common Textual Tradition? Aug 2023

Jacob 5, Romans 11: A Common Textual Tradition?

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Readers who are currently studying the letters of Paul will find an article by James E. Faulconer to be of interest. In "The Olive Tree and the Work of God: Jacob 5 and Romans 11," published in The Allegory of the Olive Tree, he suggests that the olive tree passages in Jacob 5 and Romans 11 are connected by a common text. He first discusses differences between the two passages, noting that they seem to show that the passages simply share a common rhetorical tradition. However, Faulconer goes on to consider that other linguistic evidence "suggests the possibility of …

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More Is Better Than One: The Effect Of Ensembling On Deep Learning Performance In Biochemical Prediction Problems, Jacob A. Stern Aug 2023

More Is Better Than One: The Effect Of Ensembling On Deep Learning Performance In Biochemical Prediction Problems, Jacob A. Stern

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis presents two papers addressing important biochemical prediction challenges. The first paper focuses on accurate protein distance predictions and introduces updates to the ProSPr network. We evaluate its performance in the Critical Assessment of techniques for Protein Structure Prediction (CASP14) competition, investigating its accuracy dependence on sequence length and multiple sequence alignment depth. The ProSPr network, an ensemble of three convolutional neural networks (CNNs), demonstrates superior performance compared to individual networks. The second paper addresses the issue of accurate ligand ranking in virtual screening for drug discovery. We propose MILCDock, a machine learning consensus docking tool that leverages predictions …

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Reproductive Ecology And Bee Associates Of Packard’S Milkvetch (Astragalus Packardiae), A Rare Plant Endemic To Southwestern Idaho, Justin R. Fulkerson, C. Lynn Kinter Aug 2023

Reproductive Ecology And Bee Associates Of Packard’S Milkvetch (Astragalus Packardiae), A Rare Plant Endemic To Southwestern Idaho, Justin R. Fulkerson, C. Lynn Kinter

Western North American Naturalist

Conservation of rare plants is dependent on identifying mechanisms that limit their population or persistence. Successful pollination of flowers is one life history trait that is often limiting in plants occurring in fragmented landscapes. We studied pollinator associates and seed production in Astragalus packardiae (= A. cusickii var. packardiae, Packard’s milkvetch), a narrow endemic that is imperiled as a result of nonnative annual grasses, increased wildfire, recreational off-highway vehicle use, and livestock use. We used pollinator exclusion bags to examine the breeding system of Packard’s milkvetch. We collected and videotaped floral visitors to determine the makeup of the associates …

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What's The Password? Account Sharing In The Context Of Passwordless Authentication, Daniel Taylor Aug 2023

What's The Password? Account Sharing In The Context Of Passwordless Authentication, Daniel Taylor

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Passwordless authentication methods are becoming increasingly available for online accounts. This research asks how people will share online accounts with friends and family when there is no longer a password to share. Research participants were introduced to passwordless authentication methods and asked how they imagine the account sharing process might work. They were then introduced to four different methods of passwordless accounts, and asked to evaluate them. Sharing a link to register an additional authentication method proved to be the most popular method of account sharing.

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The "Missionary Voice": Bona Fide Sociolect Or Figment Of The Mormon Linguistic Imagination?, Joshua Stevenson Aug 2023

The "Missionary Voice": Bona Fide Sociolect Or Figment Of The Mormon Linguistic Imagination?, Joshua Stevenson

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Can members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints consistently identify the so-called “missionary voice”? That is, when presented with a series of unidentified speech samples that are a mix of currently serving young missionaries and their college-aged peers, how accurate will they be at selecting missionaries from the lineup? Additionally, what features (prosodic and otherwise) make the missionary voice distinct? That is, which characteristics of missionary speech most strongly index it as such? In this paper, I seek to answer both of these questions through a sociolinguistic lens (and, in part, via the tools of perceptual dialectology). …

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Cloning A Fusion Gene For The Identification Of The Proteins Contained In Ubiquitin-Rich Condensates, Grace M. Whitehead Aug 2023

Cloning A Fusion Gene For The Identification Of The Proteins Contained In Ubiquitin-Rich Condensates, Grace M. Whitehead

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Cellular liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) is a mechanism by which membraneless organelles such as polyubiquitinated condensates form and function. A non-receptor tyrosine kinase, Tnk1, binds to the polyubiquitin of polyubiquitinated condensates that are labeled for the proteasome for autophagy through its ubiquitin association (UBA) domain. This tyrosine kinase has links to a subset of hematological cancers, so identifying the protein contents within polyubiquitinated condensates is essential for understanding their significance in cancer pathways and to eventually identify potential therapeutic targets. This honors thesis focuses on the cloning of a fusion gene, pcDNA3.1 mNeonGreen–V5–UBA, as well as its deactivated L36D variant, …

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Student Perceptions Of The Effectiveness Of Mindfulness Interventions In The Esl Classroom, Lauren Smith Aug 2023

Student Perceptions Of The Effectiveness Of Mindfulness Interventions In The Esl Classroom, Lauren Smith

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Mindfulness has received increased attention in recent years in educational contexts as a tool to help students mitigate negative emotions, enhance resilience, and improve academic performance (Dawson et al., 2020; Galante et al., 2018). Although interventions teaching principles of mindfulness have flourished in elementary schools and university contexts (Felver et al., 2016; Ma et al., 2019), limited research has looked at the effects of mindfulness interventions in ESL (English as a Second Language) educational contexts. This thesis details a study investigating student perceptions of the effectiveness of mindfulness interventions in an Intensive English Program (IEP) for nonmatriculated university students over …

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Understanding The Causal Relationship Between State-Level Childcare Tax Credits And Female Labor Participation, Emma K. Webster Aug 2023

Understanding The Causal Relationship Between State-Level Childcare Tax Credits And Female Labor Participation, Emma K. Webster

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Childcare is an expensive commodity in the United States. However, childcare allows parents the flexibility to work while having children. This paper focuses on the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC), a tax-related program intended to reduce the stress of childcare costs that could indirectly increase the female labor participation rate in each state. The paper hypothesizes that states with larger CDCTC values show higher female labor participation rates. It reviews budget constraint theory and previous papers that support the hypothesis and outlines the empirical strategy used in the research. It tests how the CDCTC affects female labor supply …

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